Lake Eyre Tours Flights with Coober Pedy William Creek Birdsville option 4 Days

Lake Eyre Tours Flights with Coober Pedy 4 DAYS via Flinders Ranges, William Creek. Including optional Flights over Lake Eyre and Warburton Groove, lake shore visit and walk, Birdwatching and Lake Shore drive by 4WD, luxury 4WD transport.

Follow the Overland Telegraph Line & Old Ghan Railway Track and visit historic Coward Springs & Curdimurka Railway Sidings and history plus much more. Includes all fees, flight, meals, ensuite accommodated at Leigh Creek, Marree (or William Creek) & Coober Pedy. Consider also the Wilpena Pound Flinders Ranges flight option. Connection options to Sydney, Broken Hill or Melbourne 

Our tours aim to show you the best this unique region has to offer, including the amazing mound springs, iconic landmarks and Ghan and pioneer history. Lately our travellers have been impressed with their Lake Eyre flight also incorporating the Painted Hills, a nearby desert region with awesome multi coloured ochre hills. This opportunity will be offered to your group on the tour and availability depends on a consensus to spend approximately half the flight time on Lake Eyre, and half on the Painted Hills.Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns

4 Day Lake Eyre Tours Flights - itinerary

Day 1 - From Adelaide city or airport we depart via spectacular mountain scenery adjacent the Southern Flinders Ranges. Travel via the rich wine producing region of the Clare Valley and through the rich countryside of rural South Australia. Enjoy picturesque scenery, and rural town stops with lunch and morning tea. We have a picnic lunch in scenic Melrose at the base of Mt Remarkable and cross the Goyder Line before Quorn and Hawker, gateway to the Flinders Ranges. Arrive at the old Ghan railway town of Parachilna and the famous Prairie Hotel, with tasty treats and exceptional Aboriginal art and jewellery for sale. Check out the ancient Ediacra Fossils and Utopia artworks. We travel north here following the Heyson Range via Leigh Creek (viewing the massive open cut mine now closed) via Copley and Lindhurst past the Strzelecki Track and into the desert. Stop for a look at the large and colourful ochre pits famous for trading ochre widely throughout Australia. Farina Arrive Marree for overnight. B,L,D Overnight at Marree or Leigh Creek L,D

Day 2 - Stop for a look at the large and colourful ochre pits famous for trading ochre widely throughout Australia. Farina Arrive Marree for overnight.Today we visit the Old Ghan ghost town of Farina, once a settlement of 300 people and at the railhead for the Birdsville and Strzelecki Tracks.  At Marree check out the ancient mosque and Old Ghan Railway history. Also the Lake Eyre Yacht Club and Birdsville Track. We follow the Oodnadatta Track Overland Telegraph Line & Old Ghan Railway Track and visit historic Coward Springs & Curdimurka Railway Sidings and the lookout at Lake Eyre South then the Mound Springs, natural springs bubbling up from the Artesian Basin. Visit the shores of Lake Eyre and connect with the wonder of the bird and plant life revitalised by flooding rains. We visit creeks and water holes along the route which are favourite spots for birds (including brolgas, egrets, swans, ducks, waders,  Herons and many more) and birdwatchers. Arrive historic William Creek on Anna Creek Station (Sidney Kidman's largest cattle station)  Overnight William Creek

Day 3 - Early morning optional scenic flight over Lake Eyre.  Two hours to the top of the lake, or 2 hours for Painted Hills and Lake Eyre flight - or 5.5 Hours to Birdsville and return or other options After our flight, we head back through the moon plains for Coober Pedy for overnight. Lots to see here in Coober Pedy - We take a town tour, including the underground cultural masterpiece Serbian Church, visit a spectacular underground museum, with opalized ancient fishes and sea creatures, optional opal mine tour, opal buying at best rates, This is a special sleep underground opportunity. Dinner own purchase in local restaurant B,L

Day 4 – Today we are heading south on the Stuart Highway via desert travel & salt lakes that let you appreciate the remote and vast outback. Witness modern “oasis” outback stations and transport roadhouses of this great Stuart Highway connecting Australia’s north and south. Visit Woomera and the “rocket park” collection of missiles launched from this unique location, the extensive Rocket Range Museum and view the infamous Detention Centre. Travel via Port Augusta, the powerhouse of Spencers Gulf and a cuppa by the water front, then on via rich rural lands of the Gulf of St Vincent to arrive, Adelaide this evening. Tour ends approx 7 pm. B,L

 Lake Eyre Tours Flights with William Creek + Coober Pedy Tour Inclusions -

• Fully accommodated (ensuites)
  
• All meals included except 1 in Coober Pedy
• Small group luxury 4WD travel (usually 2-4 per 4WD vehicle) with professional and experienced driver / guide
• Optional Scenic Flight over Lake Eyre -  flights selectable in booking process
• Comfortable hotel / motel style ensuite accommodation
• All National Park entry and accommodation fees, airport or hotel pickup & return
• Contributions of tour price supports Outback Kids and Australian Wildlife Conservancy nature care programs.